We are trying to provide alternative sources of livelihood, otherwise people will continue to cut down trees in the mountains to produce charcoal on a commercial scale.

We have started a butterfly breeding activity for them to observe, as this would help gain a living for interested fellows. But unfortunately, people seem to look for livelihood activities that they are used to,like pig growing (through commercial technology) etc.

Now we are formulating a project proposal regarding natural organic pig production, which we hope would provide people with alternative source of income, and at the same time would deter them from giving havoc to the remaining forest resources (most especially trees. The activity would also help them produce natural organic fertilizer for ready application to their crops.

May the group help us find organizations/institutions who are interested in this respect because we need some assistance to carry out the project (The project may be made as a pilot project, but as soon as this becomes accepted by the people themselves, we are going to extend the activity on commercial scale also as a way of addressing the problem of the lack of sources of income among the local residents). Thank you and more power!